Corn harvesting anb husking machine



Sept. 16, 1930.

originhi 'Fii'd Apr i1 '7, 1924 3 sheets shet l WITNESS:

172/090,? 0% (Zurfie/ Donald aur'rzle INVENTOR ATTORNEY DQCURRIE ET AL S t, 16, 1930, CORN HARVESTING AND nusxme MACHINE Re. 17,798

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Reissued Sept. 16, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE nucann comma AND DONALD CURRIE, or o inions, IOWA CORN HARVESTING AND HUSKING MACHINE Original No. 1,702,200, dated February 12, 1929, Serial No. 704,819, filed April 7, 1924. Application for reissue filed April 21, 1930. Serial No. 446,114.

This invention relates to improvements in corn harvesting machines, the general object of the invention being to provide means of lightweight and draft.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had tolthe accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a corn harvester showing our invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a sectional detail view.

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the operation ofthe device.

As shown in these views, we make the snapping rollers 1 and 2 of difierent diameters with the small roller 2 closer to the husking mechanism 3 and slightly below the large roller so that'the ear is slightly tilted towards the husking mechanism when engaged by the sna pin rollers. We also provide a reel 4 for 00 ing the ears of corn oil the stalk as they are tilted by the snapping rollers. Thus the snapping or picking mechanism can be made of light construction and will need but little power to operate it. This mechanism will pick the ears from the stalks practically the same as human labor would do it and the reel knocks the cars into the husking mechanism. This mechanism snaps the ears oil the stalks instead of pinching the ears ofi the stalks as is now done. Y g

The reel 4 is supported by the arms 5 forming a part of the frame and it is driven from tion that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

We desire it to be understoodthat we may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What we claim is:

In acorn harvesting machine, the combination of a pair of rolls arranged side by side, means for rotating them in a direction required' for pulling stalks of corn downwardly between them, one of said rolls hav--' ing its upper surface higher than the other one, and whereby when the butt of an ear of corn engages both rolls and the stalk is being forceddownwardly between the rolls, the ear will be moved to position inclined upwardly and outwardly from the lower roll, snapping bars, and means for moving them in a path to enter between the stalk and the ear directly over the lower roll and then downwardly toward the lower roll and outwardly from the lower roll.

DUGALD CURRIE.

DONALD CURRIE.

the small snapping roller by the'chain 6 g which passes over the sprockets 7 on the snappin roller and on the shaft 8 of the reel.

file improvement can be placed on corn harvesters of any desired type, the drawlngs 

